that starvation and meditation would allow him “to approach the spiritual plane and see colors not perceptible to the physical eye.” Ignoring the entreaties of his friends and family, in August 1922, Manigault fasted for two weeks, his health rapidly declining before he was admitted to the hospital on the 24th, where he died one week later, of starvation and neurasthenia, at the age of thirty-five. Style Manigault worked in a wide range of styles following the war, experimenting in abstract and Cubist styles. He found these styles unsatisfying and destroyed most of his paintings. He was inspired by the example of American modernists, including William and Marguerite Zorach. Manigault subsequently became inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement, and began to produce decorative works, including ceramics and furniture. He was also commissioned by Oneida Limited to design flatware. Paintings Manigault is believed to have destroyed as many as two hundred of his paintings; consequently, few paintings by Manigault survive. His work notebooks cover the years from 1906 to 1919. Interest was renewed in his work in 1946, and his paintings were included in the exhibition "Pioneers of Modern Art in America 1903-1918" at the Whitney Museum of American Art that year. His work is in the permanent collections of the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio, the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina, the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, and Museum London, in Ontario, Canada Art References Bibliography External links Edward Middleton Manigault Biography: Hollis Taggart Galleries 1887 births 1922 deaths 20th-century American painters American male painters Artists from London, Ontario Painters from New York City Modern painters People from Echo Park, Los Angeles Students of Robert Henri 20th-century American male artists Canadian emigrants to the United States